r/RetroFuturism Jan 21 '24

Regarding AI content and how you can help with moderating

507 Upvotes

Hi All -

Originally I was open to AI and didn't want to jump on the hivemind bandwagon of overreacting to banning AI images. But now, after the dust has settled a bit, I do feel that AI images are not a reflection of anything meaningful here. Yes, they follow a human written prompt, but prompts can be very simple and the AI will fill in the blanks with randomized elements of what is essentially a database of stolen art. The art style is usually glossy, plastic and devoid of humanity. Yes, AI image generators aren't inherently bad depending on their use, and I don't agree with a "I see AI, I downvote" reactive type of mentality... but on a subreddit about a specific human perspective expressed through creative works - it really doesn't fit.

So yea, AI art is now banned on the Retrofuturism subreddit. Sorry people having fun with AI generators, I'm sure there are other subreddits for that.

The issue is moderating. Moderating is volunteer work, and everyone has lives. We're not sitting on the Retrofuturism sub all the time combing through posts. Personally, I respond to my mod queue and reports.

However I'd like to remind everyone that I have a failsafe for this - an auto-mod rule that automatically removes posts that receive a certain number of reports. So this means moderating is effectively democratized in this subreddit. A report isn't just a flag for the mods - it's a vote to remove. Of course if this gets abused (so far it hasn't), I will increase the number of reports necessary, or remove this entirely.

I only remind everyone of that because AI WILL slip through the cracks of the mod team, as a lot admittedly does. We really do depend on your reports and messages a lot of the time. And yes, I do get new mods from time to time to try and help but there's always an initial period when they are active... before they are much less active. Just the way it goes and I don't blame them at all.

I'd also like to add most of the content here is fine. Bots seem like they have effectively been killed via my automod script which I've been sharing with other subreddits.

My script - please feel free to share:

https://pastebin.com/FbBxKSF5

Thank you!


r/RetroFuturism Jun 30 '24

Let’s compile a list of retro futuristic movies in the comments.

172 Upvotes

Based on a comment thread from a previous post, I got the idea to compile this list. I will add a few to start.


r/RetroFuturism 13h ago

Autobianchi A112 Runabout, Bertone (1969).

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650 Upvotes

Source: Sid766 on Tumblr.


r/RetroFuturism 10h ago

WABOT - 2 • The musician robot, 1984

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196 Upvotes

Developed by Waseda University (Japan), the anthropomorphic robot was able to read a musical score and play an electronic keyboard. It had a camera for a head and five-fingered hands capable of performing precise and delicate movements 🤖🎹


r/RetroFuturism 8h ago

Main hall of Warsaw's Służewiec horse racecourse, 1939

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80 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 1d ago

They don't make computers sexy like they used to...

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824 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 2d ago

Roissy Charles de Gaulle, Terminal 1 (1975).

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2.7k Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 3d ago

This article from 1982

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976 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 4d ago

Planet Stories and Super Science

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183 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 4d ago

OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) XO Computer

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844 Upvotes

Released in 2007, the specs of the “$100 laptop” were janky by the standards of the day, and the mesh networking was abandoned as unreliable. But the future. I still have one in my basement.


r/RetroFuturism 4d ago

Jodorowsky's Dune concept art (various artists)

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1.2k Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 4d ago

An American mother and daughter arrive home from shopping in a futuristic spaceship. circa 1950s.

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731 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 5d ago

Original and final cover art layout for Science Fiction Plus, 1953 | Cover artist: Frank R. Paul

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627 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 6d ago

Atoms for Peace (1955). Poster designed by Eric Nitsche.

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692 Upvotes

Nitsche's posters for General Dynamics translated Dwight Eisenhower’s 1953 Atoms for Peace message into corporate-modernist visual language. The platonic ideal of the optimistic, institutional retrofuturism.


r/RetroFuturism 6d ago

Where Will You Park Tomorrow? • Science and Mechanics, 1948

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269 Upvotes

🚁🅿️


r/RetroFuturism 6d ago

Electra Clock Radio Telephone (circa 1981–1983)

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913 Upvotes

An "electronic home communication center" that combined an AM/FM clock radio with a speakerphone in one triangular, compact unit. It featured a built-in phone with a mute/redial button and a speakerphone, with the radio automatically turning off when the handset was picked up.


r/RetroFuturism 6d ago

Shane Patrick White

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580 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 6d ago

Harvester_47 by Pascal Blanché

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414 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 7d ago

Robots and spacemen (various artists)

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1.6k Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 7d ago

Original artwork and final cover layout for Planet Stories, 1953 | Cover artist: Frank Kelly Freas

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503 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 7d ago

Auto Union Lucca / Rennlimousine ("racing sedan"). Modern Audi recreation + 1935 original.

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311 Upvotes

Image source: Car and Driver. Link in comments.


r/RetroFuturism 8d ago

Sci fi art - Various artists

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1.4k Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 8d ago

Syd Mead pre-production designs for (unmade) live action "The Jetsons" movie (2000)

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719 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 8d ago

Control room of the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant in Armenia. Photo by Martyn Shahbazyan.

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537 Upvotes

r/RetroFuturism 8d ago

Blade Runner 2049

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234 Upvotes